ChasingGuitars
Member
Just bought a 1999 Guild Starfire III-90. I will post some pictures soon. Just arrived today and it is in near mint condition. The seller had removed the Guildsby and put on a Guild solid tailpiece. He included the original Guildsby which I plan to put back on. No extra drilling was done so easy swap.
He had his luthier use a good wad of double sided tape on the aluminum bridge. The intonation seems to be dead on so no concern with that. I own many hollow body guitars and none of them have a taped down bridge. I never needed to double tape one. I realize that many people pin the bridge on archtops. My question is how much does this wad of tape kill tone?
What are your thoughts, suggestions? Should I remove the tape when I put the Guildsby back on or leave it?
Thanks in advance for any comments.
He had his luthier use a good wad of double sided tape on the aluminum bridge. The intonation seems to be dead on so no concern with that. I own many hollow body guitars and none of them have a taped down bridge. I never needed to double tape one. I realize that many people pin the bridge on archtops. My question is how much does this wad of tape kill tone?
What are your thoughts, suggestions? Should I remove the tape when I put the Guildsby back on or leave it?
Thanks in advance for any comments.